Pitch Invasion

Hosts Ghana kicked out of their hotel ahead of African Cup of Nations opener.

A sad tale via Reuters, as hundreds of Guinea fans won’t be able to make the trek to Ghana for the African Nations’ Cup because of safety fears when the route passes through Ivory Coast.

In the fourth installment of fans’ celebrations this week, here are Ghana’s fans after their win over the U.S. in the 2006 World Cup.

Photo credit: Stig Nygaard on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.

With the Africa Cup of Nations just a matter of thirteen days from opening in Ghana, I’m hoping to put together a chunky Pitch Invasion feature on African football to coincide with the event. As usual, we’re looking for writing and photography that explores things not covered by the mainstream football media.
So if you’d like [...]